literate person

/ˌlɪdərət ˌpʌrsn/

Other forms: literate persons

Definitions of literate person

1. noun

   a person who can read and write
   synonyms: literate

   types:

   alphabetiser, alphabetizer

   a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order

   reader

   a person who can read; a literate person

   writer

   a person who is able to write and has written something

   decipherer

   a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text

   diarist, diary keeper, journalist

   someone who keeps a diary or journal

   map-reader

   a person who can read maps

   scrawler, scribbler

   a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read

   skimmer

   a rapid superficial reader

   good speller, poor speller, speller

   someone who spells words

   transcriber

   someone who makes a written version of spoken material

   transcriber

   someone who rewrites in a different script

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being